Is Pacific Rim Right For You?

Rating: 9/10 (17 July 2013)

If you even have to read a review, probably not. If the first trailer didn't give you goose bumps and have you so excited you had to see it as soon as it was released, then it probably isn't for you.
Now that said, I wanted to try and clear some things up, since most of the negative reviews are pretty bogus and misleading. I find the negative reviews fall into 2 categories. People the movie wasn't meant for, or just plan haters.
"It's to hard to see the action" maybe in 3d, I sat in the 5th row of the non 3d, non Imax showing, running off 2 hours of sleep and ZERO problem making out what was happening. I'm also the only member of my family that doesn't wear glasses.
"There's not enough character development" Their right, there's not enough character development of the actual stars of the film, the Kaiju and the Jaegers. Oh, they mean humans, well there I'd have to disagree, in my opinion there was just enough... maybe even a little too much. Because I don't care about the people who drive the robots, I care about the robots and the Kaiju. That's why I'm there. It's also important to point out that there's almost an hour was left on the cutting room floor and I'm willing to bet it's all that boring "character development" these people must be talking about. Some people mistake "character development" and "love story" and if that case, they are correct, there is no love story. Thank God!
"It's Too Cliché" There's a big difference between "Cliche'" and "Homage", much like "Literal"and "Ironic" cliché is more often then not, misused.
"It's a ripoff of Evangelion" This comparison really get's me hot under collar, because I'm a long time fan of Evangelion and it shows how little people hating on Rim know about ether. To sum it up, the only way that would be true is if Jaegers were built over top of captured Kaiju. That's not the case, so we'll move along.
"It's Rock'um Sock'um Robots" Wrong again, that would imply robots fighting robots. This is Robots fighting Monsters. It would also imply that it's only Robots fighting each other and no people, which this movie has way to much of in my opinion, people that is. It could use some more robots socking monsters tho.
"Charlie Day is grading" I 100% agree, can't stand him! If you like Sunny in Philly, then you'll probably enjoy his contribution.
"It doesn't have big name actors" Yes it doesn't have mega star actors and that's a good thing IMO. I like the fact that Bruce Willis isn't in it, because every time I see Bruce Willis he's Bruce Willis. If Sam Jackson played the character Stacker Pentecost instead of Idris Elba we would be waiting for him to say "I'm sick of these MuthaFn' kaiju on my MuthaFn' planet" or waiting for a kaiju to reach down and eat him while delivering the "Canceling the Apocalypse" speech. See where I'm going with this, big name stars would have been a huge detriment both in performance and cost. I had no issue with the casting except Charlie day. Charlie Hunnam was solid and being familiar with his work on Sons of Anarchy I thought he fit the role perfectly.
"It's Racist" This one makes me scratch my head. Having a very popular or recognizable Japanese actress in a movie about giant monsters that will be opening on screen through out Asia is not racist. Having actors form other countries in a movie that is about the world coming together to fight off an extinction level threat is not racist, it's refreshing and maybe even realistic. I'm an American and American's ain't smart enough to go see Pacific Rim rather then grown-ups 2, so why should I believe for one second they could fight off this threat by themselves? The answer is, they couldn't and why should they, this is for the species folks, the whole world has a steak in this.
I could go on and on and on, but I'll stop. I think if you've read this far, you get the idea. If you like giant monsters fighting giant robots, it's worth the regular ticket price just to see those scenes on the big screen, personally I wouldn't pay extra for IMAX or 3D tho.
If your looking for a love story, this movie isn't for you. If you want to watch a male and female character sitting in a coffee shop for 2 hours talking about life, this movie isn't for you. If your over the age of 15 and think Transformers is great, then this movie defiantly isn't for you.
So if this doesn't seem like your cup of tea, then go see something else, don't see it bad mouth it, it's not like there isn't plenty of other options to check out at theaters.